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| Student pharmacists help guard Lipscomb campus against flu virus
Janel Shoun 11/10/2010 Last year's national H1N1 flu virus scare prompted Lipscomb's health care programs to join together to make sure the university community was protected from the virus. In 2010, they are cooperating to bring three flu shot clinics to campus. |
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| Lipscomb and Enterprise Rent-A-Car launch WeCar car-sharing program
11/4/2010 Lipscomb University and WeCar, a car-sharing program by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, have partnered to provide a cost-effective and convenient transportation solution to students, faculty and staff: two Toyota hybrid Priuses. |
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| Faculty and staff financially support Lipscomb students in record numbers in 2010
Janel Shoun 11/3/2010 In 2010 more than 90 percent of Lipscomb University faculty and staff donated to the "Give Thanks" Family Campaign, an annual initiative encouraging employees to reinvest financially in the university's priorities: strong academics, overall excellence, spiritual formation and service. |
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| Ragtime, Nov. 11-14, marks a milestone in theatre department growth
Janel Shoun 11/2/2010 The debut of Ragtime on the Maybelle Carter Memorial Stage in Collins Alumni Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 11, will mark the latest in a string of milestones for the School of Fine and Performing Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences. |
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| Lighting of the Green to kick off Christmas season with outdoor concert, tree-lighting
Janel Shoun 11/1/2010 Lipscomb and Amy Grant launched the 2010 season of wonder at Lighting of the Green on Nov. 30. |
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| Taylor named 2010 nonprofit CFO of the Year by Nashville Business Journal
Kim Chaudoin 10/28/2010 Danny Taylor, senior vice president for finance and administration, was named 2010 CFO of the year for a nonprofit organization by the Nashville Business Journal at a luncheon earlier today. |
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| American Heart Association recognizes university as a Fit Friendly Company
Janel Shoun 10/27/2010 Lipscomb University was recognized in October as a gold-level recipient of the American Heart Association’s Start! Fit-Friendly Companies recognition. |
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| Students hold Passionately Pink fashion show to raise money for breast cancer research
Kelli Blackshear 10/25/2010 As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lipscomb University student groups are hosting the "Strutting for the Cause: Passionately Pink" fashion show at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Shamblin Theatre. |
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| Lipscomb University announces the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership
Janel Shoun 10/20/2010 Lipscomb University is partnering with the family of influential Nashville community leader Nelson Andrews to establish the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership, which will continue the Andrews’ legacy of civic leadership through academic programs, community engagement, research and a leadership council of local leaders. |
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| More than 100 prominent women leaders gained insight and inspiration at conference
Janel Shoun 10/19/2010 The "Women. Leadership. Faith." conference, hosted by Lipscomb Dean Norma Burgess, was the College of Arts & Sciences' inaugural workshop designed to empower women leaders. |
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| Lumination Network receives national award for best overall website
Janel Shoun 10/19/2010 Lipscomb University’s student news network, Lumination, won first place for best overall Internet site at the Baptist Press Collegiate Journalism Conference in October. |
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| Hughes Center opened Oct. 26 with a ribbon-cutting, alumni art show, packed reception
Janel Shoun 10/18/2010 The James D. Hughes Center officially opens this month with an art show featuring Lipscomb alumni, new labs and unique classrooms for the engineering college, and a day of dedication activities on Tuesday, Oct. 26. |
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| Cyntoia Brown, LIFE student at local prison, is subject of film shown at HumanDocs
Janel Shoun 10/14/2010 Cyntoia Brown was 16 years old when she was picked up by a man who ended up dead by her hand. She was sentenced to life in prison. Today Cyntoia's story is being told across the nation through the film Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story. The HumanDocs Film Series and ITVS Community Cinema are partnering to bring the film to campus on Wednesday, Oct. 20. |
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| At Elliott Lectures White House veteran discusses women's role in midterm elections
Hunter Moss 10/8/2010 The 2010 elections is bringing a resurgence of women in roles of political prominence, White House veteran and policy expert Elaine Kamarck told a group of students, faculty and community leaders on campus Thursday. |
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| Golden Circle Alumni partner with students to build new Habitat home for refugee family
Janel Shoun 10/8/2010 A group of Lipscomb University alumni have banded together to let students know that volunteer service isn't just a nice thing to do while they are in college – it's a lifelong pursuit. |
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| Jessie Garcia Van De Griek named assistant dean of intercultural engagement
Janel Shoun 10/7/2010 Jessie Garcia Van De Griek, director of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee's Latino Achievers Program, has moved to Lipscomb University to establish a Latino program in the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Development. |
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| Gov. Bredesen to speak at the Nashville Business Breakfast Oct. 21
Janel Shoun 10/7/2010 Governor Phil Bredesen will speak on "The Future for Business in Tennessee" at the next Nashville Business Breakfast Oct. 21. Executives from Hemlock, Volkswagon and Asurion to be special guests. |
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| Nashville Post names Lipscomb one of Music City's greenest organizations
Janel Shoun 10/5/2010 Lipscomb University has been named one of Music City’s 50 greenest companies by Nashville Post magazine. “Lipscomb is also arguably the leading voice for sustainability practices in the Nashville area from a practitioner level,” stated the Post article. |
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| Lipscomb receives $1 million gift to endow chair in piano
Kim Chaudoin 10/1/2010 Jerome Reed, professor of music at Lipscomb University, has been named recipient of a newly endowed faculty chair, the Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair in Piano, President L. Randolph Lowry announced. The Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair in Piano was made possible by a $1 million gift from Nashville businessman Rodes Hart. |
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| Lipscomb ranks highest in state in national rankings of service-oriented master's universities
Janel Shoun 9/30/2010 Lipscomb University has been ranked 65th in the nation, by Washington Monthly in its master's universities category. The magazines rankings were created specifically to measure and recognize how a university gives back to its community. |
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| Fall semester brings new director, largest class to School of Nursing
Janel Shoun 9/29/2010 In the first fall since announcing an expansion of the School of Nursing, Lipscomb University has enrolled its largest class of nurses ever and hired a new education director, said Roger Davis, Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. |
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| Nashville Public Television doc God in America prescreens Oct. 3 with panel discussion
Janel Shoun 9/27/2010 Nashville Public Television, in partnership with Lipscomb’s HumanDocs Film Series, will present a viewing of one hour of the six-hour documentary God in America, at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 3, in Ward Hall. The event will include a panel of religious experts discussing the film. |
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| The Glass Menagerie kicked off great 2010-11 theater season
Janel Shoun 9/27/2010 The Lipscomb University Department of Theatre presented Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie Sept. 24-26 and Oct. 1-3 in Lipscomb's Shamblin Theatre. |
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| Students hear secrets to communication strategy straight from national leader
Janel Shoun 9/23/2010 Alan Kelly, a visionary business strategist and author, visited the campus as the second speaker in the MediaMasters Speaker Series. He spoke to a class of communication students studying persuasive techniques by reading his book. |
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| Lipscomb mourns the loss of long-time supporter and friend Bill Ezell
Kim Chaudoin 9/22/2010 Lipscomb University lost a long-time supporter and friend with the death of former Purity Dairies executive Bill Ezell on Monday, Sept. 20. A member of the Lipscomb University board of trustees from 1999-2003, Mr. Ezell attended Lipscomb University in 1949 and 1950, during which time he was a member of the Bison baseball team. |
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